I STILL HAVE NO POWER!!!! UGGGH!!!
I haven't seen any power trucks either, so I'm losing hope that their projected "power by Monday" map is correct!!!
Also, the wonderful cold front left over the weekend, so we spent the last two nights sweltering in bed. We are trying to be economical with the generator (it's running us around $90.00 per day in gasoline), and don't feel we can justify running it all night to only power a fan.
Interesting thing happened last night, and indicative of the paranoia that is rampant.-
My 16 year old son was driving his girlfriend home after watching a movie at a friend's house who has power
, it was around 11:00 pm (no school yet!!). They started arguing, so he pulled over (this is within a couple of blocks of our house), well, within minutes, they were surrounded by 3 cop cars, with lights flashing. Apparantly, a neighbor saw the SUV and called the cops, thinking they might be "suspicious characters." So, the cops check my son's drivers license and called us at home, had to try 3 numbers because our land lines don't work, so tried my husband's cell which didn't ring, then mine, which - THANK GOD - did, they told my son that if they couldn't reach us, they were going to take him in to a HOLDING CELL!!! His girlfriend's parents who are running a generator and have no land line either, didn't answer the phone because the generators drown out any other sound (y'all have no idea of the HUMMMM that goes on 24/7 these days), so she tearfully convinced them to drive her to her house because her parents were home, just couldn't be reached, and she didn't want to go to jail.
MIND YOU, they were not ticketed, because they weren't doing anything but sitting there. There was no alchohol, drugs or illicit activity going on, and they were within 3 blocks of their homes... GESTAPO anyone? Show me your papers!!!
I have no problem with the cops checking on them. The streets are PITCH BLACK, with no power anywhere in our neighborhood, so understandably, neighbors are wary of strange cars, BUT, once the cops saw that they were just a couple of neighborhood teenagers, sitting in a car, I think they should have just said, "Kids, it's late, time to go home." And, sent them on their way. What would they have done if it was my husband and I parked on the street? Would they have intimitated us in that way, threatened us with JAIL?
I'm heading down today to check on my dad and his wife, he sounds absolutely AWFUL, they have boats leaning on power lined in their back yard (so I doubt they're getting power anytime soon) - these boats used to be in the yacht club harbor, but were carried by the surge all the way to his back door. Hopefully, I can either cheer him up, or convince him to come home with me. He is 83 years old and should not be dealing with what he's facing. They are eating MREs distributed by the city counsel in Shoreacres, have no power, and were flooded on the bottom floor, so as bad as things are at my house, he is much worse off, and I need to get my priorities straight...
SWTX girl, my dad is in Shoreacres too, I'm sure he knows the people you hate, the city is only a few miles wide, and they are all eating FEMA food at the City Counsel Hall, so if he didn't know them before, he probably does now.
Sorry for the vent, I'm just getting weary..
